by Melissa Rollock | Mar 5, 2019 | Top Stories
The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) is on a mission to upgrade its courses to meet the changing technological demands of the local workforce. Speaking at the renaming of three rooms at the Institute this morning to recognize the contribution of...
by Melissa Rollock | Dec 11, 2018 | Ministry News
The Competency-Based Training Fund (CBTF) dubbed the flagship of the Skills for the Future (SFTF) Program has been hailed as a success by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). So much so that Education Lead Specialist with the IDB, Sabine Rieble-Aubourg,...
by Julie Carrington | Jun 2, 2017 | Top Stories
Minister of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, has espoused the view that technical and vocational training will be the key contributor to workplace survival. She made this observation on Thursday while addressing...
by Joy-Ann Gill | May 9, 2017 | Ministry News
More than 700 Barbadians are set to graduate next month with certification in National or Caribbean Vocational Qualifications provided under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council. This is when the Competency-Based Training Fund Management...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jun 17, 2016 | Ministry News
The fourth cycle in the competitive process for grant funding from the Competency-Based Training Fund (CBTF) has been launched, and with it comes a call for more public sector involvement. The appeal came following an information workshop on June 15 at the Savannah...